Robert Hur

Robert Kyoung Hur (born 1973) is an American lawyer appointed by Donald Trump to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021.

[4][5] Hur studied English and American literature at Harvard University, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude.

From 2007 to 2014, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland, where he prosecuted gang violence, drug trafficking and firearms offenses, and white-collar crimes.

[9] On November 1, 2017, Hur was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.

[14] Following his departure from the U.S. Attorney position, Hur became a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn, a national law firm.

"[20][21][22] The White House rebuked Hur's characterization as inappropriate, politicized commentary that veered from standards of unbiased, legal analysis.

[23][24][25] Other Democratic Party voices, such as James Carville and David Axelrod, expressed concern that the report would negatively contribute to Biden's image in the ongoing political conversation about age in the 2024 presidential election.

[26][27] Associate deputy attorney general Bradley Weinsheimer, the DOJ's senior nonpolitical career official, rejected White House criticisms in an official response, stating that the report's comments "fall well within the department’s standards for public release".

Appointment of Robert K. Hur as Special Counsel